Soozie-Q Posted May 15, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Does anyone know if the Manhattan Terminal has a lane for Global Entry? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardhowson Posted May 15, 2018 #2 Share Posted May 15, 2018 As far as I have read, the only cruise port with global entry is Port Everglades at Ft. Lauderdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 15, 2018 #3 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Port Miami too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardhowson Posted May 15, 2018 #4 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Port Miami too. Good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryred Posted May 15, 2018 #5 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Not in the Manhattan terminal. The 3 different types of lines in the NYC pier are passports, other ID, and the porter's lane. BTW the porter's lane is usually the fastest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soozie-Q Posted May 15, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted May 15, 2018 What is the porters lane? Never heard of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted May 15, 2018 #7 Share Posted May 15, 2018 it's where you tip a porter to put your bags on a cart, so you don't have to schlep them, worth $10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Line Posted May 16, 2018 #8 Share Posted May 16, 2018 What is the porters lane? Never heard of it Dedicated lane for luggage porters (same ones that take your bags on departure). Even with just a carry on 22" rollaboard, I use them to skip the line, well worth the tip you give them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted May 16, 2018 #9 Share Posted May 16, 2018 MCT's best kept/open secret - porter's services for disembarkation, two thumbs up for it. Priority disembarkation, including escorts as VIP's, will only get you as far as the top of cruise terminal's "down" escalators and/or elevator to luggage hall - that's it. Once downstairs, gather your luggage (with NCL - it's all sorted & color coded, CBP 4-legged officer had already took its walk & screening them) - there is now a line/sign for porter service, just queue up & when it is your turn, let the porter put them on the cart and off you go - make sure your passports are ready for inspection. With NCL, no longer a need to fill out any forms for customs declaration - it's verbal at the podium/booth. Move quickly & before you know it, you are curbside on 12th Avenue, downstairs or upstairs at the parking level if your vehicle is there. Took 10 minutes at most for us, easy & worth it for hauling our 22" rollerboards. The look from hundreds from either side of the regular lines inside the hall as you stroll down the middle, following the porter - its value, priceless for the "grand exit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njhorseman Posted May 16, 2018 #10 Share Posted May 16, 2018 We always use a porter at the Manhattan Cruise terminal. It's the best $10 or $20 expenditure we make during our cruise vacations. While others who disembarked at the same time are still waiting on line to go through CBP screening, we're already driving in the Lincoln Tunnel on our way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted May 16, 2018 #11 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Port Miami too. PortMiami has been very inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 16, 2018 #12 Share Posted May 16, 2018 PortMiami has been very inconsistent. I’m not sure I understand what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted May 16, 2018 #13 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I’m not sure I understand what you mean. I've seen reports of Global Entry, and there's even a sign for it, but I've never been able to use Global Entry there. I think that's what they mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 16, 2018 #14 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I've seen reports of Global Entry, and there's even a sign for it, but I've never been able to use Global Entry there. I think that's what they mean. Oh. Yeah I have seen the signs but haven’t looked into it any further. I did see some people in line with their GE cards out but we got put into that line before and didn’t have it. Maybe they give those people head of the line privileges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted May 16, 2018 #15 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I’m not sure I understand what you mean. If you look at the thread on the Florida Departures board discussing Global Entry, you will see there is about as many people saying GE is there and functioning, as there are people say it isn't functioning. Compared to Ft Lauderdale, where it is uniformly reported as functioning. We used it twice in 2017 there, it was awesome. Skipped lines of over a hundred people each time. So you haven't used it, you are only reporting you have seen the signs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 16, 2018 #16 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Yes that’s right I haven’t used it yet. Next time I cruise I will. But now that they don’t even ask for the Customs forms anymore, is there even an advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted May 16, 2018 #17 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Yes that’s right I haven’t used it yet. Next time I cruise I will. But now that they don’t even ask for the Customs forms anymore, is there even an advantage? Absolutely...as mentioned, we went from the big room where you grab your bags are to the curb in less than 10 minutes. Passing MANY others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 16, 2018 #18 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Absolutely...as mentioned, we went from the big room where you grab your bags are to the curb in less than 10 minutes. Passing MANY others. That has been my exact experience every time in Miami even when they did collect the Customs forms. But then again we do self assist and get off before there is really a wait. So if you have GE and they are using that lane for everyone, do they just put you to the head of the line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted May 16, 2018 #19 Share Posted May 16, 2018 So if you have GE and they are using that lane for everyone, do they just put you to the head of the line? Usually (for cruise ports)they have a separate line that comes up to the front of the line, and you are the next one called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 17, 2018 #20 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Usually (for cruise ports)they have a separate line that comes up to the front of the line, and you are the next one called. Good to know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Line Posted May 17, 2018 #21 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I have no experienced this in Manhattan but in Florida, there are no GE Kiosks, you just show your GE Card for your own line and then Passports to the CBP Officer who insisted on the passport, not just the card. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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